Funny Photo Equipment!

There are situations where you simply have to invent a solution for your photographing needs. Many photographers will attempt to construct or adapt what they require; others will merely try to buy the missing piece and sadly drop their ideas if such a thing isn't readily available. Show us what you have built or adapted to aid you in your photography! Sometimes the „funny“ can also be something genuinely useful – and vice versa. Please observe the Rules, also see the Intro to the Series (click at Laugh@Life above) for additional information, so your entry won't fall off...

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Announced:

Thursday, 29th December, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 5th January, 2012 –
Wednesday, 11th January, 2012
(GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 12th January, 2012 –
Wednesday, 18th January, 2012
(GMT)

Processing rules:

Digitally shot JPEGs with full EXIF only. (No scanned analog photos)

The longer side of the photo must not be over 1600px. Format and aspect may be as you please.

Minor post-processing interventions are acceptable.

Collage of no more than four pictures is acceptable, if you feel it will help explain your topic.

No frames.

No watermarks, date/time nor other identification marks.

Upload your entry resized to a maximum as set by the Rules, not larger.

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Make the funny in your theme internationally recognizable. If it includes text in a language unreadable to others, who might thus miss the point, please explain the punch line in Description.

If your photo depicts an ecological or legal negativity, be moderate and neutral. Please do not offend anyone or anything.

In order to avoid legal issues do ensure that people in your pictures are presented as anonymous (faces suitably hidden, averted or changed).

Voting (suggestions): If the photo does not impress you much, award * or **. If the joke is good but the photo is so-so, give ***. If you wish you’ve shot it, give **** ... and if the picture really got you in both humorous and photographic sense, give *****! Any half-a-star above or below your decision means, of course, “between” ;)

No nudity. Observe DPR Rules.

No sandbagging, please. Begging for glory is actually sick and disgusting.